Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), and Jeff Ament (bass). Since 1998, the band has also included drummer Matt Cameron (also of Soundgarden). Boom Gaspar (piano) has also been a session/touring member with the band since 2002.

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October 19th, 2014

As it’s nearly Hallowe’en, we were going to rant about the soundtrack for Spawn: The Movie for this week’s Sunday Spotify Slaylist. It’s a rubbish movie adaptation of a painfully 90s-naff comic. It’s about Satan and is stuffed to the tits with bad horror imagery. And it’s got a soundtrack of collaborations featuring artists from across the spectrum of heavy metal and artists you’d never expect them to get together with. It’s infinitely more interesting and entertaining than the movie it accompanies.

And it’s not on Spotify. So we’re going to talk about another movie soundtrack where rock artists collaborated with other musicians to create…interesting results. We’re going to look at the music of Judgment Night instead.

July 18th, 2012

It’s been a little longer than normal between podcasts, and it’s for one simple reason – we’ve been to so many gigs since the last podcast that we simply haven’t found the time to be in the same room for long enough to record an episode. Handily, that’s the inspiration for the main topic of conversation on this week’s episode – just what is it that makes a gig great?

Did any of the gigs we’ve been too recently – including Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Baroness, Monuments, Kerouac and Sacred Mother Tongue to name but a few – made the grade as “classic” gigs? Raz and Hugh debate this question, as well as going over their all-time favourite shows.

June 25th, 2012

This is a very important issue. With The Dark Knight Rises hitting cinemas across the UK on 20 July 2012, has Eddie Vedder revealed himself to be Batman? There’s a big clue on the guitar plectrums he’s been using on Pearl Jam’s current sojourn across the country.

November 12th, 2011

You may well have already seen Pearl Jam Twenty by now. It’s the documentary the Seattle grungers released to mark their 20th year as a band. It’s mark of 8.6 on IMDb. Along with Foo Fighters’ Back And Forth, it’s the other standout band documentary of 2011. You can win a copy on DVD right here. That’s good.

April 27th, 2009

Pearl Jam are coming to the UK (as well as Germany and Holland) in August 2009 – their first European tour since their 13-date stint in 2007 – and there are all sorts of hoops and hurdles to navigate if you want tickets.